Former state Sen. Patricia Wiggins, 73, died this morning after a long illness, her family announced.

Wiggins” political life included service on the Santa Rosa City Council, and as a member of both the Assembly and State Senate, for districts that included portions of southern Solano County.

The Pasadena native moved to Santa Rosa in 1984 and was elected to the Santa Rosa City Council a decade later. She served on that body through 1998, when she was elected to the Assembly, where she served three terms. She left the Assembly due to term limits in 2004, and was elected to the State Senate in 2006.

Wiggins retired from the Senate in 2010 after her term ended for heath reasons. She was replaced in representing Vallejo, the Napa Valley and cities from the San Francisco to Humboldt bays, by Noreen Evans, who also had succeeded her in the Assembly.

A celebration of her life will be held at Santa Rosa”s Friedman Center at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. Contributions in lieu of flowers can be made to the Sonoma Land Trust, or to the Pat Wiggins Fund at Conservation Action Fund for Education.